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My friend is looking for a PC for about £500.
His machine will be used for gaming, web browsing and Microsoft office, maybe the odd bit of PS. He needs an OS.

I was thinking Phenom x4 (maybe sandybridge?) and a 5770 or 460 but you lot will have some better suggestions I'm sure. Fire away OCUK!
 
What resolution is his monitor? Get a 6850 for 1920x1080/1200, or a 5770 for 1600x1050.

A decent i5-760 system with a 6850 will push to nearly £600, and it's likely that an i5-2500K with a 5770 would cost about the same due to higher motherboard prices.

I'd be tempted to go for an Athlon II X4 with 4 gigs of RAM and whichever graphics card is best for you.
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £76.79
(£63.99) £76.79
(£63.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
MSI 870-C45 AMD 770 Chipset (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £56.50
(£47.08) £56.50
(£47.08)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £30.62
(£25.52) £30.62
(£25.52)
Samsung SH-S223L/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.39
(£11.99) £14.39
(£11.99)
Sub Total : £407.16
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £83.53
Total : £501.19

Get in!!!!!
 
Comes in a bit over putting all in, is that acceptable or do you need it under £500? Could get an older 700 series mobo (edit: the one above), reduce the cost a bit, how firm is the £500? Id it absolutely has to be below £500 then dropping the Phenom to an Athlon would be best bet

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £113.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £83.99
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £71.47
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £45.95
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £41.99
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.84
Silverstone PS02B Precision Midi Case - Black £40.84
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £571.03
 
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95thrifles said:
Comes in a bit over putting all in, is that acceptable or do you need it under £500? Could get an older 700 series mobo, reduce the cost a bit, how firm is the £500?

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £113.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £83.99
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £71.47
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £45.95
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.84
Silverstone PS02B Precision Midi Case - Black £40.84
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £529.04
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Comes in even more once you add the RAM!!:D
 
stulid said:
Comes in even more once you add the RAM!!:D
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D'Oh, thought it looked short, couldnt see what was missing, lol
Edited above, and I wouldnt normally do a spec that far over budget either, it wasnt that far over without RAM (you dont need RAM do you? lol)
 
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£479 with postage :D

start with the Xenon Intel Pentium Dual Core E6500 2.93GHz Bundle that will do every thing you want. for GFX you need a strong card that low cost the HIS ATI IceQ Radeon 5670 is better than the can i use and i can play all games so that 100% can. When you making i low cost PC dont fall into the "i need the best of the best trap" just get the best you can and with the setup i have spec you, your good to go

Xenon Intel Pentium Dual Core E6500 2.93GHz Bundle Xenon Intel Pentium Dual Core E6500 2.93GHz Bundle £194.03
(£161.69) £194.03
(£161.69)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5670 512MB GDDR5 ICEQ PCI-Express Graphics Card (H567Q512) HIS ATI Radeon HD 5670 512MB GDDR5 ICEQ PCI-Express Graphics Card (H567Q512) £71.48
(£59.57) £71.48
(£59.57)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £45.95
(£38.29) £45.95
(£38.29)
OcUK RaidMax Simplex Gaming Tower Case - Black OcUK RaidMax Simplex Gaming Tower Case - Black £33.70
(£28.08) £33.70
(£28.08)
Western Digital RE2 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000YS) Western Digital RE2 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000YS) £25.52
(£21.27) £25.52
(£21.27)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
(£9.99) £11.99
(£9.99)
Sub Total : £388.88
Shipping cost based on delivery to My Home, WF9 2AQ with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £79.88
Total : £479.26
 
No, of course not. RAM doesn't do anything, hehe.
Stulids build is probably the best, he's having a look through it at the moment.
 
Laser man said:
No, of course not. RAM doesn't do anything, hehe.
Stulids build is probably the best, he's having a look through it at the moment.
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agreed

though as I say that case/psu combo is out of stock atm, if youre ordering today/soon (not knowing when itll be back in sotck) use stulids build with my case and psu separates, thats if you can go £20 over?
 
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